he's a much better alternative than anyone else on the squad to add depth to the inside lb position. AD and Harrison and Lynch might play inside a bit, but what other legitimate options are there besides Bruschi and Mayo? Thomas and the two safeties mentioned above have their primary positions to play. What happens if one gets hurt? Multiple positions would suffer including inside lb. The position is otherwise thin if you think about it (without Seau anyways). And a guy like Guyton doesn't nearly know the system as well as Alexander does. We need three inside lb's we can count on now, and Alexander is the third one on the depth chart (as of now).

I'm no genius, but the reason I said a couple of days ago, "mark my words, Matt Cassel, Eric Alexander and Larry Izzo will make this team" is because around this time, people are trying to fit a lot of bodies under their 53s, and ignore that we have ST starters, two of which are Eric Alexander and Larry Izzo. ST are important. My guess on Cassel, had to do with his years of experience in the system.

I'm no genius, but the reason I said a couple of days ago, "mark my words, Matt Cassel, Eric Alexander and Larry Izzo will make this team" is because around this time, people are trying to fit a lot of bodies under their 53s, and ignore that we have ST starters, two of which are Eric Alexander and Larry Izzo. ST are important. My guess on Cassel, had to do with his years of experience in the system.